Our door is open… At Port Warwick Dental Arts in Newport News, we pride ourselves on the high quality and warm, caring, attentive service we provide. There’s no better sign that we are serving you well than the number of new patients who walk through our door. Referrals and word of mouth are our number-one…
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When It Comes To Oral Cancer, Looks Can Be Deceiving
Categories: Dental Health
What You Need to Know About Oral Cancer: It’s an important public service when high-profile people like actor Michael Douglas turn the spotlight on oral cancer. Yet still many people remain unaware of this potentially lethal disease. Oral cancer is not rare and it’s occurring more frequently and to a younger group with every passing…
Oral Health Could Affect You and Your Baby
Categories: Dental Health
For some time, gum disease, or periodontal disease has been linked to complications of pregnancy including infertility, premature birth, low birth-weight, toxemia, eclampsia and gestational diabetes. Research has strengthened this association by showing that gestational diabetes appears in women with gum disease – even if they don’t smoke or drink. Gestational diabetes usually disappears once…
What’s Precious To You? Tell the world… Every Day!
Categories: Cosmetic Dentistry
What you choose to place a high value on says quite a bit about you. For example, if you treasure your health and well-being and that of your family, that tells the world that quality of life really matters to you. An improved quality of life brings each of us a greater sense of self-confidence…
Monkey See… Monkey Do?
Categories: Dental Health
Female long-tailed macaque monkeys in Thailand have been observed teaching their young how to use strands of hair to clean between their teeth. If monkeys can floss, so can you! If you’re not flossing, you’re missing about a third of your tooth surfaces. Even if you were fasting, you’d still need to brush and floss…
Yes Please! We Love Your Referrals!
Categories: Dental Health
It’s estimated that an alarming 33% of people who used to keep regular cosmetic dental checkups have not seen a dentist in two years! We know there are many reasons for this, from dental phobia to financial restrictions, to simply not seeing the urgency of maintaining oral health. Whatever the cause, it could prove to…